FRANK E. BROWN           

Shareholder
Tampa Office
Telephone:  813-273-4381
Email:  feb@macfar.com  
FLORIDA BAR BOARD CERTIFIED LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAW ATTORNEY
Practice Areas Labor & Employment Law & Litigation
Civil Rights Litigation
 Business Litigation
Practice Emphasis Labor & Employment Litigation
Education Florida State University, J.D., with honors, 1987
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, B.A., with honors, 1983
Court
Admissions		 All Florida State Courts
U.S. District Court - Middle, Southern & Northern Districts of Florida
U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit
 United States Supreme Court 
Bar and Professional Memberships

Recognized in "The Best Lawyers in America" (2008)
The Florida Bar City, County and Local Government Section; Federal Court Practice Committee; Labor & Employment Law Section (Executive Council 2002 - ; Co-Chair of Publications Subcommittee 2003 - ; Chair of Employee Benefits Committee 2000-2003); Trial Lawyers Section
American Bar Association (Labor & Employment Law Section)
Hillsborough County Bar Association (Labor & Employment Law Section)
Publications

  • Co-Author with the Honorable Elizabeth A. Jenkins, Chapter on Federal Court Discovery, Eleventh Circuit Federal Civil Practice Before Trial Guide (Lawyers Cooperative American Inns of Court Series)

  • Author, Chapter on “Pretrial Discovery in ERISA Benefits Cases,” in ERISA Litigation, 2d Ed. (BNA 2005)

  • Contributing Editor, The Fair Labor Standards Act (BNA)

  • Contributing Author, Employee Benefits Law (BNA), The Family and Medical Leave Act (BNA), and Age Discrimination in Employment Law (BNA)

  • Editor, The Florida Bar Labor and Employment Law Section Column in The Florida Bar Journal, 2003-
Accomplishments Selected by his peers as a "Florida Super Lawyer" (2008)
Winner in Legal Elite (2008)
Selected by his peers as a "Florida Super Lawyer" (2007)
Selected by his peers as a "Florida Super Lawyer" – one of the top five percent of lawyers in the state (2006)
 Named in the 2004, 2005 and 2006 editions of Florida Trend's "Legal Elite," the 2004, 2005 and 2006 editions of Chambers USA's "American Leading Lawyers for Business" and the 2006 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, all in the field of labor and employment law.


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